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Joliet Prison, Joliet, Ill.
Also known as [The Illinois State Penitentiary], [Life in Joliet Penitentiary], [Joliet Prison Films], [Life in the Joliet Prison], [The Modern Prison]
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Four reels
Directed by Edmund M. Allen

Cast: Edmund M. Allen [himself, the warden], William Walsh [himself, the deputy warden], Mrs. Allen [herself, Warden Allen’s wife, a social worker]

[?] Industrial Moving Picture Company or Rothacker Film Manufacturing Company? production; distributed on State Rights basis by Abo Feature Film Company. / Released March 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Documentary.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 19 August 2025.

References: MoPicNews-19140404 p. 15 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.